Client:
Oldham Council
Designer:
BDP
Project Team:
BDP Lighting | Oldham Council
Tut-ally awesome transformation for The Egyptian Room at oldham town hall!
Lighting plays a key role in the transformation of the Egyptian Room, striking a careful balance between its historic charm and the needs of a modern, functional space. The scheme, designed by BDP, brings together heritage and contemporary elements in a way that feels both considered and cohesive.
Studiotech came on board as the specialist lighting contractor, handling everything from the initial engineering design through to final installation, making sure the vision was brought to life with care and precision.
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Engineering design
Working within a listed heritage space came with its challenges, particularly the restrictions around fixing directly to the interior structure. To work around this, Studiotech developed a series of suspended bespoke aluminium rafts which were to serve multiple purposes, the rafts provide a support system for the lighting pendants that create the area lighting, the audio system speakers, CCTV, and indirect LED lighting strips that illuminate the decorative ceiling above.
In addition, the rafts were designed to be used as a three compartment containment system which allowed all the power a data cables supplying the various systems to be distributed discretely across the space.
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Studiotech also developed bespoke frames to wrap around the base of central columns, these frames house discrete uplighters that gently wash light up the column whilst also provide low level power through integrated cleaner sockets.
“Having a design partner who you can really trust is invaluable for this type of project.
Studiotech crunched the detail of it, which sometimes a contractor doesn’t necessarily have the expertise to do.”
Nick Meddows, Lighting Design Associate, BDP
Experience
The space now feels warm and welcoming, with lighting that enhances the character of the architecture without overwhelming it.
It’s a thoughtful blend of old and new that supports how the space is used today, while still giving a nod to its heritage.
